Avenues to adulthood the origins of the high school and social mobility in an American suburb - Ueda, Reed (Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1987)
Introduction -- 1. Farm village to commuter suburb -- 2. The evolution of educational leadership -- 3. The free high school -- 4. The rise of Yankee city and the prolongation of schooling -- 5. Popularizing high school: "the college of the people" -- 6. The origins of high school youth culture -- 7. Educational opportunity and social mobility -- 8. The birth of progressive reform and the junior high school -- Conclusion: The high school in the light of history -- Appendix I: Courses of study -- Appendix II
"This digitally printed version 2008"-- Title page verso.
"Paperback re-issue"-- Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-287) and index.
Keywords: High schools -- History. -- Massachusetts -- Somerville; Suburban life -- History. -- Massachusetts -- Somerville; Social classes -- History. -- Massachusetts -- Somerville; Social mobility -- Massachusetts -- Somerville -- Case studies